Railway-rail-securing device



DAVIS.

Patented J an. 27, 1920.

' EARL JOSEPH DAVIS, 01? APPLETON, WISCONSIN.

RAILWAY-RAIL-SECURING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 27, 1920.

Application filed September 18, 1919. Serial No. 324,484.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EARL J. DAVIS, a citi- Zen of the United States, residing at Appleton, in the county of Outagamie and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Rail-Securing Devices; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in railway rail securing devices and has for itsobject, among others, the provision of a simple and practical device of this nature designed for use in securing railway rails to ties, and in the provision of a metallic plate secured to a spike and adapted to be interposed between the base of the rail and the tie, whereby the V rail will be provided with a substantial metallic support and the tie will be protected from injury, which commonly results from the depression of the inner edge of the rail against the upper surface of the tie.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, forms a part of this application, and in which:

Fi ure l is a 10ers )ective view of in 2: i device,

Fig. 2 is a transverse section of a ra1l and tie. showing the position of my device previous to adjusting the supporting plate into its final position, and

Fig. 3 is a similar view showing my device in its final position.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by numerals:

l designates a railway spike having its upper end provided with the usual beveled head 2, the upper surface of the latter having a hexagonal head 3. The body portion of the spike is circular in cross section and its lower end tapered to a point as shown at 4. 5 designates a metallic plate which is secured to the spike 1 at its upper end and immediately below the head 2, the space intervening between the plate and the beveled lower face of the head 2 being sufficient to accommodate the outer edge of the base portion of the rail, as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings.

In operation, the spike is driven into the tie at the outer edge of the rail with the plate 5 extended outwardly, as indicated in Fig. 2 of the drawings. lVhen the spike is driven downward until the plate 5 rests upon the upper face of the tie, the spike 1s turned by a suitable wrench or other tool, and by this turning of the spike, the plate 5 is moved into the space beneath the rail and the outer edge of the base portion of the rail is held firmly in place upon the plate by the beveled head 2, as will be readily understood.

It will be noted that by the use of my rail fastening device, the rail will at all times rest upon a solid metallic plate, which will serve to prevent the tilting of the rail and also prevent the abrasion of the tie, which is common in railway construction and disastrous to railway ties, in that mutilation of the tie serves to make a depression in which water accumulates during a wet season and results in the rotting away of the tie, necessitating frequent renewal of ties, and which by the use of my railway rail fastener will be eliminated.

it will also be noted that when my spike is driven firmly into position and turned so as to interpose the metallic plate beneath the base of the rail, the beveled head of the spike will serve to retain the rail securely in place upon the plate, thus preventing both tilting and spreading of the rail.

It will be further noted that when the retaining spike is turned into place, it will be held against displacement, which with ordinary spikes frequently occurs by reason of the tilting and the vibration of the rail occasioned by passing trains.

What I claim to be new is:

1. A railway rail securing device comprising in combination with a spike having a beveled head adapted to engage the outer edge of the base portion of a railway rail, a metallic plate carried by the spike and adapted to be interposed between the rail I and tie, and means whereby the spike may be rotated.

2. In a device of the character described,

5 the combination with a spike circular in cross section, one of its ends being sharpened, its opposite end provided With a bev eled head and a plate, and an angular extension above the head whereby the spike may be rotated. 10

In testimony whereof I hereunto affiX my signature.

EARL JOSEPH DAVIS. 

